- 1預先決定好的、事先安排好的。
Something predetermined has already been decided or arranged before the moment arrives. A predetermined time. A predetermined path. A predetermined list of questions. The tidy meaning is simply “set in advance.” Though actually, when people say “the outcome was predetermined,” they often mean it as a complaint: the winner was already chosen, and the rest was theatre. News and essays love this word. In easy talk the cousins are “already decided” and “set in advance.” It is the -ed form of , and also just pre- plus determined. It does not mean “very determined” in the sense of stubborn or .
From the word’s history
From pre- + determined.
由 pre-「預先」加 determined 構成。
組成pre- (before) + determined. From the verb predetermine.
同家族的字
- predeterminethis is usually the -ed form of that verb
- determinethe base verb inside determined
- determinationthe related noun
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
predeterminedadj詞源 1/ˈpɹidɪˈtɜːmɪnd/
- 1
Determined in advance.
- When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could arrange for you to shoot a crocodile or even a hippopotamus, if you so wish, for a mere $5,800. A leopard – currently classed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature − will set you back $11,650. A lion? $25,000. Lions, Stones noted drily, are “not something you dish out like doughnuts”.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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